Thanks. You do know how to make me feel better! :)
But a 17 yr old who feels such hatred for our president! That takes it to a whole other level! I do worry.
Thanks for the ping. Great comments bump.
Youth is given to strong, even violent, emotions. They grow out of it. I did. Contemporary rhetoric is very strong. They are scared.
Sometimes when I get discouraged I go back to what they were saying when the country was being founded. It was really ugly. The rhetoric was just awful.
After the end of the cold war we thought, "well, it will be really easy from here." We were wrong. A whole new battle is now emerging. I wish it weren't so, but it is.
You are clearly much younger than me, and will face this battle long after I am gone. Sorry, I wish it were otherwise. But until I die, I will support you, then it will become your charge.
The battle for freedom never ends. It shifts and moves and goes in places not expected. Today it is my responsibility, tomorrow it is yours, but we are all on the same side.
Polish your skills, write your tush off. You have no idea how much good you can do writing as you do. And then, God willing, (and God ain't too happy with me) it will all be alright in the end. Most of all, don't forget to live for yourself, live your life. Be happy as you can, and if the bomb goes off, be glad you did the best with your life you could.
Ain't no more, hon.